September 1st, 2025.


Pablo Violet, 2025 FIM Sand Races World Cup Enduro del Invierno (Argentina) © Frederik Herregods Photography


Pablo Violet moved into the Quad class lead in the 2025 FIM Sand Races World Championship standings when he dominated at round two – the Enduro del Invierno – in Argentina on Saturday.

With the effects of winter in the southern hemisphere being felt in full force and a big storm expected to hit the Atlantic coast the following day, organisers wisely revised the timetable to fit all the championship races into Saturday’s programme – although it was still wet and wild on the Mar del Plata, around four-hundred kilometres south of Argentine capital Buenos Aires.

Quad racing is hugely popular in South America and in a field numbering over one-hundred entries, France’s defending champion Pablo Violet (Drag’on Yamaha) led home the registered riders in the single thirty-five-minute plus one lap race in twenty-fifth overall to move into the series lead with his fellow countryman Benoit Sebert (Yamaha) climbing to second in the championship chase in sixty-ninth.

The focus now shifts to Italy for round three – the Bibione Sand Storm – that is scheduled for 24-26 October.